Month: March 2023

Join in with all things Easter, as we reflect on the cross and celebrate in the hope of the resurrection.

Back in the time of Jesus, there was a little phrase that people used. Whenever a rabbi was attracting followers, they would say to potential followers, “are you willing to walk in my dust?” For us, it seems like a strange invitation! However, in Jesus‘s day, it reflected the dusty path that they walked on and the invitation to stay close to a potential teacher and instructor. ……….Read more here

Maundy Thursday 6 April 7.30pm

– St Michael’s Church

Join us for service of Holy Communion

This service will also be live-streamed

Good Friday 7 April 10.30am

– St Michael’s Centre

Join us for a special time of All-Age Worship and Reflection

This service is in-person only and will NOT be live-streamed.

Good Friday 7 April 12pm

– St Michael’s Church

Join us in Church for our Good Friday Reflective Service with Holy Communion

• Stay for as little or as long as you like
• Arrive or leave on the quarter-hour
• Communion will be at 1.45pm

This service will also be live-streamed

Saturday Breakfast 8 April

Why not come along, eat breakfast with others in a relaxed and friendly setting, and listen to an interesting and inspiring talk?

We will be gathering in the auditorium to eat together, followed by a talk.  This month our breakfast will be sausage and bacon baps, fruit and croissants. Click here to book

Easter Sunday 9 April

• The Nine o’clock in Church
• The Ten-thirty in the Centre
• The Six-Thirty in the Centre

Join in as we celebrate the Good News of the risen Lord Jesus! All services will also be live-streamed.

Read a digital copy of “Why Easter?” here.

Back in the time of Jesus, there was a little phrase that people used. Whenever a rabbi was attracting followers, they would say to potential followers, “are you willing to walk in my dust?” For us, it seems like a strange invitation! However, in Jesus‘s day, it reflected the dusty path that they walked on and the invitation to stay close to a potential teacher and instructor. 

To walk in the dust of a rabbi meant that you were close enough to hear them, close enough to follow them, and close enough to follow their example. The process of following in such a way, also reminded the follower that the journey was more often than not dusty.

As we approach this Easter season, our theme at St Michael’s is Dust and Glory. In following the rabbi, Jesus, we experience a dusty journey. We are often aware of our own shortcomings and the fragility of life. Discipleship is a dusty business. But the journey does lead somewhere. The dusty journey of Jesus‘s ministry led to the cross, where he carried all the wrongdoings of the world on his shoulders.

The dusty and rough cross was, three days later, replaced by the glory of His resurrection.

Jesus is still the rabbi to follow. But he is the friend who experienced the dust of life for himself, and replaced it with the hope of glory. Where life might feel dusty for us at the moment, know that Jesus can lead us through the dust to a place of glory. 

Dust and glory are often close together, one follows the other and can be as little as three days apart.

May you walk in the dust of Jesus and know him leading you to glory.